The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned until January 18, 2027, the trial of Jimoh Yisawu, former Managing Director of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited, who is facing an eight-count charge of alleged money laundering brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Senior Advocate rank began in 1975 with Chief F.R.A. Williams and Dr Nabo Graham Douglas. Folake Solanke broke the gender barrier in 1981. Over five decades, the Inner Bar has grown into a formidable community of advocates and scholars. Yet its expansion has not matched the speed with which an ordinary litigant can obtain justice.
There was drama at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday when businessman and social media influencer, Afolabi Michael Kazeem, popularly known as KC Luxury, was brought to court in an ambulance while receiving oxygen, amid concerns over his deteriorating health.
The Federal Government has secured 653 convictions in the ongoing mass trial of terrorism suspects before the Federal High Court, with 1,060 suspects brought forward for the latest phase of the exercise.
A Kenyan court has convicted controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 28 other defendants over the deaths of 191 people, including 190 children, in the Shakahola massacre in Kilifi County.
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has secured a major legal victory in its ₦156 billion debt recovery battle against the Vaswani brothers and Stallion Group, after the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, upheld the bank’s position and granted the reliefs sought in the proceedings.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its “failure to account for US$6.23 million in allegedly diverted or unaccounted-for election funds and over ₦1.63 trillion in other public funds.”
A Director in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr Ali Mohammed, on Wednesday, told the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, that former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, was not a signatory to the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Account from which ₦124.86 billion was withdrawn.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the three-year suspension imposed on Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Joe-Kyari Gadzama, by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC).
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 13, 2026, for the hearing of an application by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) seeking to amend their suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s eligibility to contest the 2027 presidential election.
Argentina began life without Lionel Messi with a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Uruguay in an international friendly at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires on Friday.
